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きはく · kihaku

thin, sparse

JLPT N1 na-adjective

Conjugation table

Form Japanese Reading
dictionary 希薄 きはく
past 希薄だった きはくだった
negative 希薄じゃない きはくじゃない
te-form 希薄で きはくで

希薄 in a sentence

  • つつ

    Kyou ozonsou wa kihaku ni naritsutsu aru.

    Today the ozone layer is thinning.

  • Takaku noboru ni tsurete, kuuki wa kihaku ni naru.

    As you go up higher, the air becomes thinner.

Example sentences from the Tatoeba Project, CC-BY 2.0 FR, licensed for reuse.